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Ish Tov’s 2007 NBA Mock Draft

I don’t know how many people in the community are NBA fans. But I know there are at least a few. With the NBA Draft just around the corner (Thursday at 4:30PM on ESPN), I thought I’d share my mock draft here. I do this each year, but I usually just send it out to a few friends. The only caveat I have is that there could be quite a few trades between now and the draft that might shake things up.

Okay here goes:

1. Portland – Greg Oden

2. Seattle – Kevin Durant

3. Atlanta – Al Horford – He can help right away. And Atlanta already has a bunch of thin, athetic types.

9. Chicago – Yi Jianlian – Chicago needs a long, offense oriented player to compliment Ben Wallace in the paint. And Yi’s group want him to go to a big market team.

10. Sacramento – Spencer Hawes – Assuming they don’t trade Bibby or Artest, a promising big would be the best fit.

11. Atlanta – Acie Law – Atlanta needs a point and Law helped his team win some games with his clutch shooting.

12. Philadelphia – Jason Smith – Did great at the NBA combine event. Measured out better athletically than Joakim Noah.

13. New Orleans – Nick Young – New Orleans biggest need is at the 2. Young is the best available at this point.

14. LA Clippers – Javaris Crittenton – With Sam Cassell getting older, and Livingston’s future uncertain because of his knee injury, the Clippers will probably take the best point guard available.

15. Detroit – Julian Wright – Julian Wright has been slipping because of bad workouts. He’d be a good value pick at this point. Tons of rumor mills have the Pistons taking Stuckey here, but about a month ago he was considered a borderline first rounder. So I don’t quite believe it.

17. New Jersey – Derrick Byars – If they can resign Vince Carter, the Nets might move Richard Jefferson for a big man, leaving an open spot on the wing.

18. Golden State – Tiago Splitter – Golden State needs an interior post defender to guard guys like Carlos Boozer. I don’t know if Splitter can, but he’s probably the best available tough big guy at this point, and Nelson likes to go after international guys.

19. LA Lakers – Daequan Cook – This is kind of a weird pick, with Daequan cook being a pure 2. I guess I’m going with the idea that the Lakers will look for insurance against Kobe holding out during the pre-season.

20. Miami – Rodney Stuckey – Miami needs a point guard almost as much as the Clippers. Stuckey is a combo guard, you can get away with that playing next to DeWayne Wade.

21. Philadelphia – Thaddeus Young – Philly needs a young player with star potential to replace AI, not in terms of position but in terms of selling tickets.

“But the blog is a place for folks to communicate on topics of interest.”
Yes, but is this of interest to everyone? :-p It doesn’t have to be ‘religious’, but I do expect it to be Jewish-related (hat-tip to Squeedle for finding the connection).

If I didn’t come here to find Jewy content, I’d much rather hang out at Ascension_Church.wordpress.com …